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BZ#10254: Explain additional fopen parameters
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot com>
- To: libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:57:14 +0200
- Subject: BZ#10254: Explain additional fopen parameters
The manual failed to explain the new (the first were introduced with
glibc 2.3 or so) parameters to fopen.
Ok to commit this patch?
Andreas
2012-04-09 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
[BZ #10254]
* manual/stdio.texi (Opening Streams): Document additional fopen
parameters.
diff --git a/manual/stdio.texi b/manual/stdio.texi
index 0d23daa..7a2738d 100644
--- a/manual/stdio.texi
+++ b/manual/stdio.texi
@@ -196,13 +196,29 @@ Additional characters may appear after these to
specify flags for the
call. Always put the mode (@samp{r}, @samp{w+}, etc.) first; that is
the only part you are guaranteed will be understood by all systems.
-@Theglibc{} defines one additional character for use in
-@var{opentype}: the character @samp{x} insists on creating a new
-file---if a file @var{filename} already exists, @code{fopen} fails
-rather than opening it. If you use @samp{x} you are guaranteed that
-you will not clobber an existing file. This is equivalent to the
-@code{O_EXCL} option to the @code{open} function (@pxref{Opening and
-Closing Files}).
+@Theglibc{} defines additional character fors use in @var{opentype}:
+
+@table @samp
+@item c
+The file is opened with cancellation in the I/O functions disabled.
+
+@item e
+The file is opened with the flag @code{O_CLOEXEC}, thus it is closed
+if you use any of the @code{exec@dots{}} functions (@pxref{Executing a
+File}).
+
+@item m
+The file is opened and accessed using @code{mmap}. This is only
+supported with files opened for reading.
+
+@item x
+Insist on creating a new file---if a file @var{filename} already
+exists, @code{fopen} fails rather than opening it. If you use
+@samp{x} you are guaranteed that you will not clobber an existing
+file. This is equivalent to the @code{O_EXCL} option to the
+@code{open} function (@pxref{Opening and Closing Files})
+
+@end table
The character @samp{b} in @var{opentype} has a standard meaning; it
requests a binary stream rather than a text stream. But this makes no
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